In a world where children are raised in a non-traditional fashion, physical discipline is a mere distant memory. Corporal punishment has been one of the oldest methods of disciplining children, through the infliction of spanking, or smacking – an attempt to discourage a child from acting a certain way. Children grow and learn from their mistakes, but how do they know right from wrong? Proverbs 13:24 says “He who spares the rod, hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.” Conservative Protestants disproportionately support the use of corporal punishment as corporal punishment reflects their religious ideology of acceptance of the doctrine of the biblical literalism – the conviction that human nature is inherently sinful and that human sin demands punishment. Corporal punishment is necessary and an effective method of discipline for proper childhood development.

Corporal punishment eliminates cases of repeat misconduct or ill discipline in children who have not responded to other forms of punishment, such as grounding or timeouts. Children look to their parents for guidance and discipline. Although other ways to discipline children exist, corporal punishment has proven to be the most effective for centuries. For example, children who are physically punished for doing something wrong are most likely to not repeat the offence in the future. “The use of corporal punishment has also been seen to restrain children from engaging in reckless behaviors” (Turner 217).

Corporal Punishment is the most effective method of discipline because a lack of corporal punishment in a home or school can cause more harm than good. Humans respond to fear. If a child fears the outcome of bad behavior, that outcome being a spanking, then the bad behavior will not occur. Detentions, timeouts, and grounding have proven not to be...

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...Apply the Rod or Spoil the Child It is the natural scheme of life. Human beings produce children and thus are classified as parents. It is and has always been the parent's job to raise and nurture the child, to teach it right from wrong, and to protect it from the harshness of the surrounding environment. However, when the child strays or behaves in a destructive manner, what steps should a parent take to correct such behavior? Some psychologists suggest that a good old-fashioned spanking is just the ticket. Others say that such action will emotionally damage the child later in life. With the parent ultimately responsible for the child, it's hard to know what is right or wrong when your 3 year-old is beating his head against the floor in a full-blown temper tantrum. 25 years ago, parents would have picked the child up, spanked it, and taken care of the tantrum effectively. Today, parents are more apt to try anything other that a swat on the behind. Reason, however, doesn't impress a 3 year-old so the behavior is often ignored because passive parents don't want to risk mentally scaring their child. The experts have basically made a huge issue out of something very simple. If spanking is as harmful as they say it is, then every human being over the age of 30 is a mental case. Spanking is not the answer for everything, but in some cases it is the only...

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As a child, whenever I got a spanking it was always a clear sign that I had crossed a line. Most of the time I knew way before I actually got spanked that I had done something that would result in one rather than to get off with just a lecture. I was never caught off guard or surprised about it. Spanking was only used when I had done something I knew to be wrong. My parents never lashed out at me. When it was time for the spanking, I would first be sent to my room to sit and wait while my parents discussed the crime. It was honestly the worst part of the whole ordeal. I remember the angst and the lump in my throat as I waited. They would then come in and discuss with me why whatever I had done was wrong and always made sure...

...“Spare the rodspoil the child” Corporal punishment shapes character.
Many people might say getting chastised never hurt anyone. However, some others might disagree with that statement, because some parent may overdo it and it turns to child abuse. So other alternatives were put into place of it such as grounding and taking away a child favorite thing, because when you look at it beating might not always be the way to go.
Should beating be a priority for parents and guardians to train their children? The bible says “train up a child in the way he or she should be brought up and when he or she grows old he would never part.” This means if your child grew up with no rules and morals he will continue doing the same when he gets older. Most people say beating can make u stronger they even say a little beating won’t hurt. Beating can also help lead children on the right path to become good law abiding citizens and role models. Getting beating never killed me and look where I am today, I am an aspiring Audiologist but not just me look at Martin Luther King I’m sure it was a possibility he got beating and look at the great man he is today. On the other hand, some parents get livid when their children do wrong and let their infuriation get the best of them. Children are left with broken bones and scars.
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...﻿ “Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child: The Debate On Corporal Punishment”
Introduction
Many people have witnessed a misbehaved child in a public area and thought to themselves, “That child needs some discipline.” However, the type of discipline and the severity of its implementation is something that has been debated for many decades because it is tough to determine how/eif certain types of discipline are beneficial or harmful. The generally accepted definition of discipline is regarded as the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience. However, discipline can be enforced by a variety of methods and has no concrete implementation. Punishment as a means of correcting a child’s offense can be as mild as verbal reprimanding, or as serious as physical abuse. The later is a form of punishment that should be avoided at all costs because it is known and agreed by all to have a detrimental effect on the mental well-being of the recipient. In this consensus lies a crucial debate: Where is the line drawn between physical punishment and physical abuse? In recent decades there has been a push to abolish any form of physical punishment as discipline (referred to as corporal punishment throughout this paper). In an article from Insight on the News titled “Making a Case for Corporal Punishment,” columnist Walter E. Williams, a professor of...

...Topic: “Spare the rod, spoil the child”.
As we know, children are our hope in the future of each country. They should have a good care and training. The way we choose to teach them is very important. In my opinion, using violent punishment is not a totally good way to educate children. The more spanking, the slower development of the child’s mental ability. But just a small amount of spanking will make difference.
First of all, if you educate a little child very toughly, beating him and punishing him, you can have control over him so you can in some way know that he will behave well and obey. Also it would be easier to teach him good manners. So many people find that this way is the perfect one.
But in some cases, parents go on beating and beating their kid and do not realize the damage they are causing to their own child. All of this can cause serious mental and psychological problems in the kid. In some of them, these mind problems, hide behind the tough and hard personality so no one realize of it. As a result of this, children start to have social problems at school, and start loosing friends until they are left alone. A child like that will become a violent person or will suffer from autism. Moreover, I think the tragic consequence is the fact that the relation between parent and the child can be seriously damaged with this. The communication between...

...are unable to see hundreds of students following. Sometimes, their belligerence hurts the followers.
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After all, teachers are the only solution as well as the problems with our education. To cite Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, ``There was only one catch and that was Catch-22 which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers … was the process of a rational mind."
Until all the teachers are prepared with a rational mind, ``Spare the rod and spoil the child" will persist as part of the process in its importance in educating our children....

...Proponents of spanking quote the adage, "Spare the rod and spoil the child," as though it were actually scripture from the Bible. In truth, it is not.
The adage is an adaptation from six verses from King Solomon's book of Proverbs:
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. (Proverbs 13:24)
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. (Proverbs 19:18)
Both of these verses appear in the Contrast of Goodness and Evil. From the Warnings and Instructions come the following four verses:
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (Proverbs 22:15)
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. (Proverbs 23:13)
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (Proverbs 29:15, 17)
You will not find in the Bible the exact words of the "proverb" you hear today. Instead, you will hear King Solomon's contrast of good and evil and his warnings and instructions. Consider the message of the verses.
In 13.24 you find that if you do not discipline your child, you hate...

...They are grabbed firmly by the arm, yelled at and spanked repeatedly. Strictly abiding by the old adage that goes “Spare the rod, spoil the child”, many parents believe in physically punishing their children should they stray or misbehave. Is this really necessary? Personally, I disagree that physical punishment is required to ensure that children are not spoilt. Reason being, the that physical punishment of children is ineffective and has negative side effects on children. Physical punishment in this essay would refer to the spanking of children. In short, sparing the rod does not necessarily spoil the child if the child is disciplined in the appropriate way.
Parents spank their children with the intention of changing their behavior in the present and in the future. However, spanking is ineffective as it usually stops misbehavior of small children just for the moment and not over the long term. Several studies conducted by researchers from the Université de Montréal have shown that the more children are spanked, the less likely they are to be well-behaved and compliant in the long term. Spanking is inefficacious as it does not teach children why their behavior was wrong or what they should do to correct their behavior. Instead, it teaches them that the only reason to behave appropriately is to avoid being punished. On the other hand, effective disciplining...